Q: Is 6,747,468 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,747,468 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 6,747,468 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 21 26 28 37 39 42 52 74 78 84 91 111 148 156 167 182 222 259 273 334 364 444 481 501 518 546 668 777 962 1,002 1,036 1,092 1,169 1,443 1,554 1,924 2,004 2,171 2,338 2,886 3,108 3,367 3,507 4,342 4,676 5,772 6,179 6,513 6,734 7,014 8,684 10,101 12,358 13,026 13,468 14,028 15,197 18,537 20,202 24,716 26,052 30,394 37,074 40,404 43,253 45,591 60,788 74,148 80,327 86,506 91,182 129,759 160,654 173,012 182,364 240,981 259,518 321,308 481,962 519,036 562,289 963,924 1,124,578 1,686,867 2,249,156 3,373,734 and 6,747,468, with no remainder.

Since 6,747,468 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,747,468, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).